Improvement in cane-handles



UNITED STATES PATENT OEEIcE.

HERMAN` NITZSCHE, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

IMPROVEM ENT IN CANE-HANDLES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 57,367, dated August 21, 1866.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, HERMAN NI'rzsoHE, of Saxony, now residing in the city of Philadel phia, in the county otl Philadelphia and State of Pennsylvania, have invented an Improvement in Composite Handles for Canes, Ulubrellas, the.; and I do hereby declare that the following is full, clear, and eXact description ot' the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawing, and to the letters of reference marked thereon.

Thenature of my invention consists in using a metal rod, on which the parts or pieces composing the handle are strung, and binding the whole tirmly together in such manner as herinat'tei' shown.

To enable others to make and use my invention, I will proceed to describe its construction 'feren't degrees, whereby they become loose,

and also, troni the briltleness ofthe same, the least fall or jar fractures them beyond repair.

To obviate these objections I use a rod, a, bent to the proposed angle ot' the handle. An opening corresponding to the size of the rod is then formed in the center of each piece, b b b b2, Ste., comprising` the. handle. These parts or pieces are then strung on the rod in the order which they are to occupy, the angle-piece b first and the butting-pieces on each length of the rod successively. The butting-edges are then glued or cemented. The pieces b b2 remain loose, having threads tapped or cut in them corresponding to the screws c o cut on the ends of the rod. They act as nuts. When the gluing or ceinenting is completed they are screwed tight against the last pieces, and hold the whole firmly and securely together. The nut b2 canbe a socketnut to finish the end ot' the handle, while the rod passes entirely through the nut b and screws into or attaches the handle to the stick or barrel of the cane or umbrella. The handle, being now built up, is iieXt formed or fashioned into the required shape.

Handles constructed by my method can be composed ot' a variety of different materials, be light and symmetrical, of varied forms, without having their strength in the least im paired.

The uut b can be dispensed with by screwing the rod directlydnto the stick or barrel of the cane. For this reason I claim the stick or barrel, equivalent to the nut b when used in its stead.

WVhat I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

Holding together the parts composing an angular-shaped handle i'or canes, Ste., and directing the lengths of the handle, forming the angle by means of the bent screw-rod a, the nuts b b2, and the angle-piece I), substantially as liereiu specified and described.

In testimony whereof I hereunto sign my name to this specification in the presence o1 two subscribing witnesses.

HERMAN NITZSCHE.

Witnesses:

FRANCIS D. PAs'roRIUs, GrEo. W. A. SCOTT. 

